Hollywood
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The
Hollywood Collection made it’s west coast premiere out of the Molly Barnes
Gallery, on La Cienega Blvd., Hollywood, CA, in 1984.
Clockwise,
starting from the back row the dolls are:
Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Billie
Holiday, Dinah Washington, Josephine Baker, Bette Midler, & Liza Minnelli.
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The dolls front and center
are:
Edith Piaf, Judy Garland, and Marilyn Monroe.
Known as the Bergdorf Collection, this trio made its debut out of the
salon windows on 5th Avenue, NYC, December, 1982.
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The first celebrity caricature doll in the series, Liza Minnelli
was
created In
1981. Liza became the focal point for the
development that followed and over the next year and a half, ten more
dolls were
added to this collection.
The
dolls, one-of-a-kind, are formulated of cast rubber composition. Each
specifically designed and created to achieve a life-like persona. They stand from
twenty-four to twenty-seven inches tall. The eyes have a pronounced paper-weight
effect and the make-up is applied in oils over a simulated skin texture. The
dolls, collector editions, are costumed hand finished and signed by the artist.
Today,
the Lena Horne doll, (which she owns) is the only doll to survive this original
collection.
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